The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-05-05
MY FELLOW TRAVELLER.

e dark hair and WGiskers. His features
Were well cut and his eyes were blue. 1
think he was older than he looked He
Swas probably so or IS, but might have
passed for;nearly ten years less!
ssAfayI ask what you gave for it''' he
nqusred after q brief scrutiny.
ss named the sum.
were DONE, he replied; styou
- SGh6 net to- have paid more than half
ShaSFf5ee The stone Is faulty, but has
4 k,een very skillfully cut, and that Is how
yons have bean taken in. We'll, ] don't
supposs fhers Is one person out Of thou
sHand who Will discover that it Is not
nearly so good as 1t looks. -
Thatswas certainly some consolation.
sYou are In the tradef, hazarded.
was, y replied my fellow traveller;
$s<butI met with an adventure that upset
mes for q time, and was the cause Of my
FMg up business. had acquired 8
Fnpetence for bachelor with inexpen-
tastes, hut still it was against the
3nf forme to leave off trading and lead
Inactive HE. Indeed, but for certain
aFous scruplas that have taken posses
i Of me, think ] would begin dealing
tomorrow. If you would care to
seaf EeAvent to which, Irefer, and which
has effected me 50 greatly, will tell 1t to
You There Is nothing else to be done,
ind VIII help to pass the time"
expressed my desire to-hear his story;
kbut had IF conjectlred what he was about
to ten me, Il would have begged him to
hold his peace. y
The reader, however, need have no SIM
S ilir compunction about perusing the mar
& ratiTe, as st was the mans wistfm eyes
q and pathetic; expression, and more still,
= ! The subsequent occasion ON which I saw
him, thnt have caused his tale to haunt
g g me.
ssIf ever anyone, :, he began, chad a
szx11AIk to cunsider himself cosmopolitan, i
e. have: efox my fathsr was Of Jewish 'ex-
ractaon, and my mother was French; I
ksswass born and educated in New York, and
3r0m my youth T have traded in London
yand Paris. T inherited from my father q
tair amount Of capibal to start with, and
OF course was q great matter. Was
L iretH cute in dealing, and never specu-
lated, 80 that, although the process was
kH, gradually acquired moderate
Ne. The first big haul I made was
diamonasw were first discovered at
Invent out, purchased largely,
md did several good strokes Of business.
liter that Event to India, where as q
Il buyer entered into the most extensive
: ||transactions I had ever made in my life.
R then returned to Europe bringing the
9stones with me. At Sue1s I fell in with
Fta Greek jewel merchant, with whom ]
was acquainted. He too had been in the
n east, and was now going to Venice,
{ % buy pearls that were being sold
here: agreed to accompany him,
thought Imight be ablo to do some
ansss myself, and, as was on my way
Paris, it was not much out Of my
dad We arrived in Venice together,
where my friend went to stay with re-
3lation, and I to q hotel. Next evening I
fSllel ON him, and he agreed to return
rith me to the hotel and have supper
18th me. had somewhere else to go,
Ind 1t was arranged that on my return he
Huuld join me and accompany me back.
the gondola in which was seated
5uroached the rendezvous, I sow my
lend standing close to the water, at the
bd OF nLnarrow passage which led from
u house where he was staying. It was
1sk, but es we approached, could see a
an stealing up behind him, and, ere
auld raise my voice In warning, my
r riend was struck down. Then his assail
RI. STOPPING over the motionless body,
facan to rifle it. Tho two gondoliers, who
Eiad also witnessed the attack, melted by
"a. urged the boat forward with the
Htmost speed, and in few seconds we
pre upon the scene. AS sprang from
boat the assassin looked up and
Ahmed to hesitate whether to attack me,
mt seeing the two men coming to aid me,
ba fed ere I had time to reach him, and
soon disappeared. My friend was not
EIled, as had feared, but had been
hadly stabbed between the shoulders.
T,be robber had evidently consid-
ffed his watch, chain and purse
= Hs objects too trivial for plunder,
and had not had time to reach leather
bag containing some very valuable pearls
ssnd other gems, which was secured in an
Snside pocket and had clearly been the
notiye Of the crime.
ssI had only intended to remain few
adys. and the night before my departureT
~ hotel for O little, locking the door
fom as usual. The diamonds were
her case at the bottom Of strong
chW was full Of clothes and other
Of little value. thought the
b safer there than anywhere else,
ie, not even my friend, knew OF
stence. I was absent not more
hour and half, and on my re-
1t to my room with the intention
ig to bed.s No sooner had un-
M my door than strange and inde-
lie dread took possession Of me. I saw
Ing and heard nothing, but detected
Smight and peculiar odor Of some species
tobacco, or it may have been opium. I
a NOT smoke, and the conviction Instant
f1ashed upon me that during my abb
ScsS some one had entered my room,
ssLd for aught knew, might still be
e5ere. My sense OF smell is keen, but the
sfiuyia could barely be perceived, and
had come believed from the clothes or
STeath Of the intruder There was an
Enclish after in the hotel, and as he hap
nened to be in the passage outside, Icalled
him into the room. Then with his assist
ance 7 began to search the room. We
Eiooked under the bed, opened the cup
hoard, and examined curtained recess
that served as wardrobe; but could see
nothing to justify my suspicious. There
Was no chimney, as the room was warmed
nv q small store. Had there been ter
/ race or balcony outside my window,
+ sshould at once have concluded that an en-
! ranse had been effected by that means;
&but with diamonds Of such great value in
Emy possession, I could not have occupied
a room Of that description, and knew
t5m there was nothing between my win
5i0w and the water, which 100 feet below
iapped the base Of the building. gave
~ waiter a trife, and asked him to say
hing about my suspicious; for it had
"a occurred to me that the landlord prob
6Jv; had master key to my room, and
(S;ght have had sonae reason to enter it in
|fs;sgs absence. Yet, I had never before
|essS |l;s.,ed IN the hotel these strange narcotic
|RssEnessWhich hnd now almost disappeared,
~ which shall remember while live.
Gonoh ~ IWas no longer alarmed, as soon
q fise man left my roor1 st was with
nra trepidadon that I opensd my
1rAnd felt tor my stones. They